Paratheria

This article is about the grass. For the obsolete mammalian group that included xenarthrans, see Paratheria (mammals).

Paratheria is a genus of African and Caribbean plants in the grass family. ^[1][2]

Species^[3][4]

• Paratheria glaberrima C.E.Hubb. – Sierra Leone, Republic of the Congo
• Paratheria prostrata Griseb. – Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia to Namibia and Madagascar; Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil

Paratheria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae
Tribe:	Paniceae
Subtribe:	Cenchrinae
Genus:	Paratheria Griseb.
Type species
Paratheria prostrata Griseb.